Richard Mancusi wrote:
Okay, I did another clean install and can repeat the problem. On a test
system I always set a root password and allow root logon. Yes, I know
that isn't a great idea, but it comes in handy on a test system.
As soon as I set a root password in
On su, 2008-02-03 at 09:05 -0600, Richard Mancusi wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu update-manager
warning: could not initiate dbus
You don't need to run update-manager as root. It will switch to root
(and ask for username then) when it needs it. This should at least fix
the dbus initialization
On Feb 3, 2008 9:13 AM, Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On su, 2008-02-03 at 09:05 -0600, Richard Mancusi wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu update-manager
warning: could not initiate dbus
You don't need to run update-manager as root. It will switch to root
(and ask for username
Richard Mancusi wrote:
On Feb 3, 2008 9:13 AM, Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On su, 2008-02-03 at 09:05 -0600, Richard Mancusi wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu update-manager
warning: could not initiate dbus
You don't need to run update-manager as root. It will
On Feb 2, 2008 10:59 PM, scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Try opening a terminal and typing 'gksu synaptic' or 'gksu update-manager'.
Regards,
Scott
The administrative tasks password box comes up and accepts the
password. Then update manager gui appears showing 32 updates.
However the
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From: Richard Mancusi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Feb 3, 2008 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: Hardy Alpha-4 synaptic error
To: Jason Crain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could you run this and tell us what it shows
Richard Mancusi wrote:
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From: Richard Mancusi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Feb 3, 2008 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: Hardy Alpha-4 synaptic error
To: Jason Crain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could you run
On Feb 3, 2008 10:15 AM, Jason Crain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could you run this and tell us what it shows:
sudo -H bash -c 'echo $HOME'
/home/root
That's pretty strange. Try running sudo usermod -d /root root to set
On Feb 3, 2008 10:32 AM, Richard Mancusi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Feb 3, 2008 10:15 AM, Jason Crain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could you run this and tell us what it shows:
sudo -H bash -c 'echo $HOME'
/home/root
After a clean install (i386 desktop) I receive an error when
attempting either:
1. System/Administration/Update Manager
2. System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager
An error occured
The following details are provided:
E:ERROR: could not create configuration directory
/home/root/.synaptic -
Try opening a terminal and typing 'gksu synaptic' or 'gksu update-manager'.
Regards,
Scott
Richard Mancusi wrote:
After a clean install (i386 desktop) I receive an error when
attempting either:
1. System/Administration/Update Manager
2. System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager
An error
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